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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1902
Page
8
A summer on a Maine farm ends with a landlady famed for pies proving her skill. A skeptical guest hears of Aunt Mary's reputation as a pie maker and samples two pies, the second praised by a sea of diners while a lingering pride remains unspoken. The piece closes with a mention of Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a pleasant, harmless remedy for coughs and colds.
A dialogue excerpt contrasts Ambishious fame with truth. The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune attributes clever lines to Ambishious while noting others’ ideas. Included ad copy promotes Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a household remedy for burns wounds throat and ailments.
A dated collection of early 20th century advertisements tout cure-alls and remedies for coughs colds and pains. Included are Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Hale s Honey of Horehound and Tar Pipsoid cures Pills and dyes with assorted testimonials and brief maxims from newspapers of the era.
Mrs. M Isted of Galveston Texas whose kidney trouble followed a 1900 flood credits Dean’s Kidney Pills with a dramatic recovery. She reports pain relief after three doses, weight gain from 118 to 155 pounds, improved sleep and appetite, and avoidance of surgery. A free trial offer is available from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. pills priced 50 cents per box at drugstores.
A 1902 sermon on John 10 9 presents Christ as the Door to salvation and the Good Shepherd, contrasting open and shut doors. It argues only through Jesus can one enter the fold and find pasture, warns against false doors of self will, and urges personal entrance now.
A Yonkers Statesman cartoon line has a doctor urging fruit at breakfast and a witty reply about first parents avoiding fruit. The exchange playfully weighs healthy eating advice against instinct and tradition.
A patient testimonial extols Peruna as cure for chronic catarrh and entarrhal conditions. The letter author Katherine Danter from Milwaukee credits fast, permanent relief and urges others to share the remedy with friends who suffer persistent colds and nasal ailments.
Public notice-style ad warning readers to avoid cheap imitations of Peruna and to purchase only the authentic remedy. Testimonial from Jennie Driscoll of Brooklyn praising Peruna for catarrhal head and throat trouble and urging readers to write to Dr Hartman for guidance at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
A light exchange between a cheerful wife who jokes she could sing to keep the wolf from the door and a pessimistic husband who asks what if the wolf is deaf. The Philadelphia Press frames the humorous dialogue as a snappy regional ditty.
The St. Paul Calendar For 1905, six sheets 10x15 inches, in colors of Bryson pastel drawings, is ready for distribution and will be mailed on receipt of twenty five cents in coin or stamps. Address I. P. A. Miller, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
A Chicago Tribune clipping notes a tautology in a salve recipe where instructions call for equal parts mandrake and fetid matter, and Mr Chugwater jokes that mandrake is a useless repetition.
Illustrated literature details and travel terms to the Great Southwest. James Barker and Gene Pass advertise rail deals via M. IK. & I. Ry. St. Louis. The Baltimore Herald quotes a cynical trader remark on reputation and money.
A Pittsburgh Bulletin snippet tells of a young man apologizing for arriving late to a dinner party in a Quaker city. He explains he and his brother could not both attend and they drew lots to decide who would go, with the other mistakenly claimed to be fur.
Leave Chicago 9 p m 6 30 p m and 10 p m last schedules. North Western Limited electric lighted throughout. Most complete and luxurious equipment in the West. Dining car service unequaled. For tickets and pamphlets apply to B Kniskern 22 Fifth Avenue Chicago Illinois.
A playful Chicago Daily News line recalls a fashionable summer boarding house and Sunday chicken dinners, humorously noting fancy automobiles and a whimsical scene with a dash of social satire.
Two old friends meet after years apart in a playful exchange about hair. They joke that time flies and compare their looks, trading light banter about aging and vitality.
The Frisco System runs alongside chair car and Pullman sleeper service from Saint Louis to Kansas City and Ilagrainia with Observation Cafe Cars managed by Mr. survey. Cars offer reading, writing materials, newspapers, electric lighting and comfortable seating for passengers. The trains depart Saint Louis and Kansas City daily via the Munco System.
A fragment from the Detroit Press and Kaum’s Horn collection contrasts aging perceptions with wit. It notes a youthful self view versus real age and comments on charity. the lines mix social observation with humor.
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